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Avery  Architectural  and  Fine  Arts  Library 
Gift  of  Seymour  B.  Durst  Old  York  Library 


PALMER'S  VIEWS 


LANDING  OF  HENDRIK  HUDSON,  the  intrepid  navigator,  from  the  "Half  Moon."  on  the  beach  of  Coney  Island,  September  6,  1609,  under  the  orange,  white  and 
blue  flag  of  the  Dutch.  In  upper  right-hand  corner  is  shown  the  village  of  Manahatas,  occupied  by  the  Manahatas  tribe  of  Indians,  as  it  appeared  on  Hudson's  arrival. 


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Jersey  Shore.  Battery  Park.  Pennsylvania  Freight  Depots.  Battery  Place. 

WHITEHALL  BUILDING,  Battery  Place,  West  to  Washington  Street,  overlooking  Hudson  River  and  Battery  Park,  twenty  stories.  254  feet  high ^  one  of  the^most 
conspicuous  office  buildings  in  the  city  as  seen  from  the  harbor,  commanding  view  of  New  York  Bay,  New  Jersey  and  South  Brooklyn. 

Elevator  Co..  incorporated  November,  1898,  with  branch  offices  in  all  principal  cities.    Otis  elevators  are  successfully  used  in  the  tallest  structures  of  the  largest 
cities  in  the  world.    Eiffel  Tower,  1,000  feet  high.  Metropolitan  Life  Tower.  Singer  Building.  Hudson  Terminal  Buildings,  etc.,  etc. 


shington  Street. 
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General  offices  of  the  Otis 


4— PALMER'S  VIEWS 


THE,  OLD  FORT,  built  by  Peter  Minuit,  1626,  was  on  site  of  present  Custom 
House.    (A.)  White   house   built    on   Strand   by    Governor    Stuyvesant ; 
(B.)  House.,  built  by  Jacob  Leisler :  first  brick  house  on  Manhattan. 
(C.)  The  "Strand."  now   Whitehall   Street;   (D.)  Pearl  Street; 
(E.)  Rampart,    now    State    Street:    (G.)  Mouth    of  Broad 
St.  Creek.  Rear  of  church  looking  out  on  Bowling  Green. 


NEW  AMSTERDAM,  a  small  city  on  Manhattan    Island.    New    Holland,    North   America,  now 
called  New  York,  a  part  of  the  English  Colonies.     Dock  front  called  the  "Hoopt"  (the 
first  on  Manhattan)    was  the  pioneer  of   our  present  thirty-five  miles  of  wharves. 
(From  an  old  engraving  about  1667.) 


VIEW  OF  NEW  YORK  from  the  north,  1679  (From  an  old  print).    First  actual  view  of  New  York  from  the  North  River.    Original  drawing  in  possession  of  Long 
Island  Historical  Society.    (1)  Broadway;  (2)  Maiden  Lane;  house  and  lot  on  corner  belonged  to  John  Haberding,  was  sold  in  1722  for  $600.    Upon  above  rural 
acres  are  now  centered  commercial  and  financial  interests  of  New  York.    At  point  indicated  by  cross  now  stands  the  Singer  Building,  612  feet  above  the  curb. 


PALMER'S  VIEWS— 5 


West  St.  Bldg.  Lusitania  North  River  Jersey  Shore  West  St.  Ferry  Boats 

A  GENERAL  VIEW  of  the  river  front,  showing  recent  important  developments,  the  Jersey  shore,  the  swift  trans-Atlantic  liner  "Lusitania"  of  the  Cunard  Line, 
outward  bound,  also  ferries  and  ferryboats,  a  fine  view  of  the  docks,  West  Street,  the  West  Street  Building,  etc..  etc. 


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The  upper  cross-road  on  map  is  the  present  Maiden,  Lane, 
then  called  "T'Maagde  Paatje." 


BOWLING  GREEN  (The  Common),  font  of  Broad- 
way, looking  north,  i.s.'5.    Treaty  ground  of  the 
Indians,  scene  of  great  festivities.  Corner 
house,     Kennedy     House,    built  1760. 
Washington  resided  here. 


GOVERNMENT   HOUSE,   "Whitehall,"  erected   1786  on  site  of  old  fort  facing  Bowling  Green,  where 
the  superb  Custom  House  Building  now  stands.    Originally  designed  for  residence  of  President  Wash- 
ington. Later  was  residence  of  New  York  Governors. 


OLD  BUILLUaw,  norinwest  uuuer  uroauway  and  Morris  Street; 
latter  at  one  time  fashionable  center  of  the  city  :  site  of  present 
Columbia  Building.     (  Sec  opposite  page.) 


Kimball   &   Thompson,  Archts. 
STANDARD  OIL  BUILDING.  -6  Broadway,  114x208  feet,  seventeen  stories, 
j6,5    feet   high,    overlooking   Bowling   Green    Park   and    Custom  House. 


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COLUMBIA  BUILDING,  29  Broadway,  corner  of  Morris  Street,  pioneer  skyscraper, 
built  in  1890,  was  the  first  13-story  steel  skeleton  office  building  erected:  long 
conspicuous  as  a  landmark,  overlooking  the  harbor:  3  stories  enlarged  and 
3  stories  added  in  1909'  Spencer  Aldrich,  owner. 


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BROADWAY  corner  Rector  Street,  showing  first  of  great  brovvnstone 
warehouses.  This  store  covered  50  feet  on  Broadway  and  220  feet  on 
Rector  St. ;  site  of  old  Grace  Church  and  present  Empire  Bldg. 


VIEW  OF  BROADWAY,  looking  north  and  showing  Old  Grace  Church, 
founded    1805,  at   S.W.  cor.   Broadway  and  Rector  St.;  showing 
residential  section  of  what  is  now  one  of  New  York's  busiest 
sections.    Site  now  occupied  by  Empire  Bldg.  (See  opp.  page.) 


THE  "GRACHT."  or  Broad  Street  Creek,  1659.    The  principal  street  at  this  period,  the 
pride  of  the  burghers.    Through  the  center  ran  a  natural  canal  walled  with  boards. 
Known  as  Broad  Street  Canal,  now  Broad  Street.    Filled  in  1676. 


Marc  Eidlitz  &  Son,  Bldrs.  Rector  St.    Trinity  Churchyard 

EMPIRE  BUILDING.  71  Broadway,  cor.  Rector  St..  through  to  Trinity  PI..  20  stories, 
293  ft.  high,  with  arcade  to  "1  "  station:  Kimball  &  Thompson.  Architects;  owned 
by  Orlando  B.  Potter  Estate.   Frederick  Potter  and  Clarence  H.  Kelsey,  Trustees. 


PALMER'S  VIEWS— 9 


J.  P.  Morgan  &  Co.  Broad  Street        Mills  Bldg.  Exchange  PI. 

MILLS  BUILDING,  Broad  St.  and  Exchange  Pl„  with  extension  to  Wall  St.; 
largest  office  building  erected  before  time  of  steel-frame  construction  ;  cost 
$3,000,000;  assessed  at  $4,100,000.     Darius  O.  Mills,  Owner. 


10— PAI.MF.RS  VIEWS 


TONTIXE    COFFEE     HOUSE,    northwest    corner    Wall    and     Water  Streets. 
Ruilt  ijQ4  by  Merchants'  Assoc.     A  great  mercantile  and  political  resort. 


LOWER   PART  OF   BROADWAY    (West  Side)   looking  north,   showing  Trinity 
Church   in  the  days  when  stage-coaches  were  yet  in  vogue.    Sites  of  Hamburg- 
American,    Empire    Building,    United    States    Realty    Building,    etc..  etc. 


FORTY-TWO  BROADWAY  BUILDING.  Main  offices  of  Empire  Trust  Co. 
Capital  and  surplus.  $2,000,000.    Extends  through  to  New  St.;  21  stories; 
270  ft.  high  ;  7  a^res  of  office  room  ;  3,000  people  an  hour  enter  building. 
McYicknr  Gaillard   Realty  Co..  agents. 


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Cruikshank  Company,  Renting  Agent 
HAMBURG-AMERICAN  BUILDING,  41-45  Broadway;  on  site  of  first  hut 
erected  by  white  man  on   Manhattan   Island   in    1613;  offices  of  great 
steamship  company,  which  has  service  to  all  parts  of  the  globe ;  390 
vessels  with  t^tal  tonnage  of  nearly  one  million  tins ;  piers  in 
Hobokcn.    Emil  L.  Boas.  Res.  Director  and  General  Manager. 


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STREET,  south  side,  in  1866,  looking  west  from  William   Street.     Present  site  of  Atlantic  Mutual 
Insurance  Co.'s  building,  and  other  notable  structures. 

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FIRST    POST-OM-lCt,    1804-1825.   was  at 
29  William  Street.     Business  transacted 
in  room  12  ft.  by  15  ft.    Present  site 
occupied  by  Lords  Court  Building. 


SECOND  POST-OFFICE.  1825-1844,  Garden 
Street  (Exchange  Place),  east  of  Broad 
Street.     Building  formerly  a  school 
house.   Eight  clerks  employed  here. 


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MERCHANTS'  EXCHANGE.  Wall  Street,  corner  William 
Street,  erected  1827,  destroyed  by  fire  December  16, 
1835.    Later  was  site  of  old  Custom  House  and 
on  site  to-day  stands  the  magnificent  National 
City   Rank  building. 


THIRD  POST-OFFICE  (view  in  1868),  Cedar 
Nassau  and  Liberty  Sts.    Originally  Middle 
Dutch  Church.  Site  occupied  by  Mutual 
Life    Insurance    Co.'s  building. 


William  St.  Atlantic  Rldg.,  Clinton  &  Russell,  Archts.    Wall  St. 

ATLANTIC  MUTUAL  INSURANCE  COMPANY,  Wall  and  William  Streets; 
nineteen  stories,  242  feet  high;  founded  1842;  has  insured  vessels  and 
cargoes  to  value  of  $25,000,000,000,  paying  $135,000,000  losses;  assets, 
$15,000,000.    Anton  A.  Raven,  President. 


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HANOVER  FIRE  INSURANCE  CO.  BUILDING,  34-36  Pine  St. ;  founded  1852 
fen-story  granite  building  erected  1893;  enlarged  1903;  capital,  $1,000,000; 
assets,    $4,593,000 ;    annual    premiums,    $2,500,000 :    risks  written, 
$285,070,000;  surplus,  $1,200,000.    R.  Emory  Warfield.  President. 


14—  PALMER'S  VIEWS 


ATLANTIC    GARDEN    HOUSE,   9-1 1    Broadway,    1836;    originally   two  histor 
homes   (property  of  the  Van  Cortlandts).     The  traitor  Arnold   lodged  here. 
Present  site  occupied  by  the  magnificent  Bowling  Green  Building. 


EVENING  POST  BUILDING,  Nassau  St.,  northwest  cor. 
Liberty  St.;  stood  from   1853-1875;  was  site  of  the 
present  Liberty-Nassau  Building.  31  stories;  (See 
opposite  page.) 


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Broadway      Clinton  &  Russell,  Archts. ;  Marc  Eidlitz  &  Son,  Bldrs.  Cedar  St. 

AMERICAN  EXCHANGE  NATIONAL  BANK.  Broadway  and  Cedar  Street; 
founded  1838:  sixteen-story  bank  and  office  building  erected  1001. 


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LIBERTY-NASSAU    BUILDING,    Liberty    and    Nassau    Streets.  $3,000,000 
3 1 -story  structure  on  $1,250,000  plot  of  5,000  sq.  ft.;  21  caissons  sunk  90 
feet  to  bed  rock ;  gray  granite  and  white  glazed  terra-cotta.  copper 
roof ;  Greenwood  &  Co.,  Mgrs.— being  built  by  C.  L.  Gray  Constr. 
Co..  General  Contractors. 


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BROADWAY,   northwest  corner  of  Cortlandt   Street,   looking   north,   showing  the 
departure  for  the  war  of  New  York's  famous  crack  regiment,  "The  Seventh," 

April  19,  1861. 


FRAUNCE'S  TAVERN,  southeast  cor.  Broad  and  Pearl  Streets.    Built  1727.  On 
the  second  floor  of  building  General  Washington  took  affecting  leave  of  his  army 
officers.    A  famous  hostelry ;  still  standing.    Here  New  York  Chamber  of 
Commerce  had  its  origin. 


BROADWAY  (West  side  south  from  Liberty  St.),  showing  City  Hotel  (bet.  115  and 
123  B'way),  was  Burn's  Coffee  House,  1763-70,  where  non-importation  agreement 
was  signed  Oct.  31,  1765.    Site  occupied  by  Liberty  Nat.  Bk.  Bdy.  (see  op.  p.) 


Liberty  Street    Bourne  Annex      Ernest  Flagg.Arclit.  Cortlandt  St. 

SIXGER  BUILDING,  Broadway  and  Liberty  St.:  first  great  tower  occupied  by 
offices;  65  ft.  square,  47  stories.  512  ft.  high:  visible  far  out  at  sea  when 
illuminated  at  night:  foundations  92  ft.  deep:  weight,   18,365  tons; 
braced   to   withstand    wind-pressure   of   330   tons ;    assessed  at 
$6,300,000.    Built  by  the  Singer  Manf.  Co..  Elizabethport,  NJ. 


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VIEWS— 19 


LIBERTY  NATIONAL  BANK,  139  Broadway:  founded  1891  ;  carved  marble 
building  erected  1903;  capital,  $1,000,000:  surplus  and  profits,  $2,500,000; 
deposits,   $20.000,000 :    resources.   $24,000,000 ;    loans   and  discounts 
average  $14,000,000.    Frederick  B.  Schenck.  President. 


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BROADWAY,  PARK  ROW,  VESEY  AND  ANN  STREETS  (view  from  Park)  ; 


sites  of  present  Post-Ofnce,  Park  Row,  St.  Paul  Bldg.,  National  Park  Bank,  Mail 
and  Express,  St.  Paul's  Church,  Astor  House  and  other  notable  structures. 


ST.  PAUL'S  CHAPEL,  Broadway,  Vesey,  Fulton  and  Church  Streets.     Built  1776 
by  Trinity  Corporation,  oldest  church  edifice  in  the  city.    President  Washington 
and  Governor  Clinton  worshipped  here. 


BRICK  MEETING  HOUSE,  Park  Row.  bet.  Beekman  and  Spruce  Sts.    Built  1767. 
(Beekman  St.  opened  1749).  Embraced  8  city  lots.  English  Presbyterian  Church 
moved  here  from  Wall  St.    Demolished  1856;  present  Post-Office  on  site. 


CITY  HALL  AND  PARK  IN  1825.    View  shows  Park  Row  to  the  right,  site  of 
present  Post  Office  Building  and  Broadway  to  the  left. 


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Ann  St.  Wing 


Broadway  Entrance 


Donn  Barber,  Archt.  Fu,ton  St-  W!n^ 

NATIONAL  PARK  BANK,  Broadway,  opposite  St.  Paul's  Chapel,  with  wings  to  Fulton  and  Ann  Streets;  founded,  1856,  on  site  of  Temple  Court,  Beekman  Street  and 
Theater   Alley;   building   erected   on   present   site    1866;    granite   facade   of   great  solidity  built    1903-6   and   interior  reconstructed   and   artistically  decorated. 
Capital,  $3,000,000;  surplus,  $9,600,000  ;  deposits,  $120,000,000;  resources  $150,000,000;  vaults  usually  hold  $20,000,000  in  cash;  extensive  safe  deposit  vaults. 

Building  assessed  at  $2.200,000 ;  occupied  exclusively  by  bank.    Richard  Delafield,  President. 


22— PALMER'S  VIEWS 


VIEW  OF  FERRY  STREET,  North  Side,  1840.    Looking  down  from  Gold  Street 
a  part  of  the  historic  "Old  Swamp,"  the  upbuilding  of  which  has  been,  to  a  great 
extent,  due  to  the  efforts  of  the  Hon.  Chas.  A.  Schieren.    (see  opp.  page.) 


VIEW  OF  FERRY  STREET,  South   Side,   1840.     Looking  up  from  Cliff  Street. 
Section  was  formerly  the  northernmost  part  of  the  city. 


CASTLE  GARDEN,  a  fort  in  1812  ;  Castle  Clinton,  1822.  Lafayette  greeted  here  1824. 
Jenny  Lind  sang  here  1850.    Immigrant  station  1855.    Aquarium  to-day.  Chas. 
A.  Schieren  entered  these  portals  when  a  poor  boy  of  14  years,  and  to-day  is 
'    one  of  the  foremost  manufacturers  in  the  U.S.  (see  opp.  page.) 


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Cliff  Street  Chapel  Court  extension  Schieren  Building      Schieren  .Building  Ferry  Street 

CHARLES  A.  SCHIEREN  COMPANY,  Ferry  and  Cliff  Streets;  biggest  plant  of  the  kind  in  the  world,  producing  every  sort  of  leather  belting  us ed  m  the  t« emission 
of  power;  founded  in  1868  by  Charles  A.  Schieren,  still  the  president  of  the  company  and  the  patentee  of  many  improvements  in  belting  that  ha      gn en  ^  house  a 
world  market;  situated  in  "The  Swamp"  district,  where  the  early  Dutch  settlers  built  their  tanner.es  two  centuries  ago;  original  plant  replaced  by  Sc^en 
Building,    1904;    Chapel    Court    extension    erected    1907.     Capital,-  $I>0oo,ooo.    The  old  store  shown  in  upper  left-hand  corner  was  at  90  Gold  Street. 


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TAMMAN  Y    HALL    I  First    Home).    Nassau    Street,    corner  Spruce 
Street,  1789.     First  permanent  wigwam. 


PARK  ROW.  between  Spruce  and  Frankfort  Streets.    "Old  Newspaper  Row,"  on 
of  the  best-known  views  of  the  recent  past.    Present  site  of  the  beautiful  and 
massive  Tribune  Building  (see  opposite  page.) 


TAMMANY  HALL  (Second  Home),  southwest  corner  Frankfort  and 
Nassau  Streets.  Erected  1812.    Removed  1867  to  14th  Street. 


VIEW    OF    OLD    HUDSON    RIVER    RAILROAD    PASSENGER  STATION, 
southwest  corner  West  Broadway  and  Chambers  Street ;  was  on  present  site  of 
Irving  National  Exchange  Bank,  the  leading  financial  institution  of  this 
present   great   business  section   of  city. 


Frankfort  St.  Park  Row  City  Hall  Park  Spruce  St. 

TRIBUNE  BUILDING,  Nassau  and  Spruce  Streets,  facing  City  Hall  Park: 
founded  1841,  by  Horace  Greeley;  eleven-story  building  erected  1873  by 
Whitelaw  Reid ;  nine  stories   added   1906;   335   feet  high;  Tribune 
Association  ;  Ogden  Mills,  President. 


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1.  The  Fort.  2.  Tlie  Chapel  in  the  Fort. 

13.  The  English  Church.  14.  The  City  Hall. 


A  SOUTH  PROSPECT  OF  YE  FLOURISHING  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK  I  lilt 
3.  The  Secretary's  Office.     Oreat  Dock  with  a  Bridge  over  it.  5.  The  Ruins  of  Whitehall,  built  bv  Covi 

15.  The  Exchange.  Church.  17.  Upper  Market.  18.  The  Station  Ship.  A  Wha'rf. 


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Central  Xat'l  Bank  Bdg.         Hun   Bdc.  Home  L^fe  Ins.  Bde.      City  Hall  World  Bdg.  N.  Y.  Post  Office.   Park  Row  Bdg.  City  Investing  Wes 

Vincent  Bdg.  Broadway  Chambers.      Postal  Telegraph  Bdg.  "The  Tribune"  Am.  Tract  Society  Bdg.      St.  Paul  Bdg.  Hudson  Terminal  Singer  I.dg. 

LOWER  MANHATTAN  SKY  LINE,  as  it  appears  to-day  from  Jersey  City,  with  its  mammoth  and  costly  skyscrapers;  Island  was  purchased  from  the  Indians 


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HE  PROVINCE  OF  NEW  YORK,  NORTH  AMERICA,  IN  1746.  From  Lithograph  by  G.  Hayward. 

Duncan.  6.  Part  of  Nutten  Island.  8.  The  Lower  Market.  0.  The  Crane.  10.  The  Great  Flesh  Market.  12.  The  Dutch  Church. 

21.  Wharf  for  building  ships.  Original  6  feet  6  inches  in  length  and  28  inches  wide  presented  to  the  New  York  Society  Library  1S4S  by  Mrs.  Maria  Peebles  ot  Lansinghurg,  N.Y. 


Bowling  Green  Bdg. 


Am.  Ex.  Nat.  Bk.  Bdg.  Am.  Surety  Bdg.     U.S.  Express  Broad  Exchange.  Johnston  Bdg. 

Trinity  Church.       Empire        Manhattan  Life         Postal  Telegraph        42  B'way.      Standard  Oil  Bdg.  Washington  Bdg. 

as!  1 6.26  for  about  $24;  the  total  realty  value  to-day  is  over  $5,000,000,000  and  $400,000  per  acre.    Value  of  land  in  above  view  averages  about  $400.  a  square  foot. 


Maritime  Bdg. 


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NIBLO'S  THEATRE  AND  PUBLIC  GARDENS.   Broadway,  comer 
Prince    Street,    1828.     Place   for    theatrical    productions.    Was  on 
site  of  Metropolitan  Hotel. 


BROADWAY  (  west  side),  corner  Franklin  Street,  1815.    Peter  Cravey 
owned  second  house  from  corner,  Gamaliel  Smith  one  adjoining. 


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Church  Street 


Worth  Street 


\Ve?t  Broadway 


Sixth  Avenue  "L" 


W       t     holesale  dry  goods  house  in  world;  founded  1843; 
TH  E  "hT'bT  CLAFLI N  COM  PAN  Y.  West  Broadway,  Worth  to  Thona* ,  Street* SnNeTof  Unhed  Dry  Goods  Co..  capital.  $5,. 000.000. 
$10,000,000  worth  of  goods  in  stock;  $9,000,000  capital,  President,  jonn 


36— PALMER'S  VIEWS 


STONE  BRIDGE  crossing  stream,  at  Broadway,  ran  along  Canal  Street,  from  the  Collect 
Pond  to  the  meadows  on  the  west  side,  1800.    Considered  "a  place  out  of  town." 


BROADWAY  between  Duane  and  Pearls  Sts.,  1807.    Buildings  occupied 
later  ?>y  Joseph  Ichard.  Win.  Cutting  (attorney),  John  C.  Stevens, 
John  Tonnele,  Jr..  and  Mr.  Rapelje. 


STEINWAY  &  SOX'S-  Piano  Warerooms  and  Factory  in  Walker  Street, 
Xew  York,  1858. 


NEW  YORK  STOCK  EXCHANGE.  Broad  St.    to  New.  with  entrance  on 
Wall  St..  founded  May  17.  1792:  occupied  May.  1903;  board  room.  138  by 
112  ft..  80  ft.  high;  Corinthian  columns  52  ft.  high;  1,100  members:  seats 
sold  as  high  as  $97,000.  Cost  $3,000,000.  Geo.  P.  Post,  architect. 


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STEIXVVAY   HALL.   107-109   East   14th   Street;  headquarters  world-famous 
piano  firm  of  Steinway  &  Sons;  built  1866;  factories  half  century  on  Park 
Avenue.  52d  to  53d  Streets,  to  be  moved  to  Long  Island  City  ;  ex- 
tensive factories  also  at  Steinway.  L.I..  and  Hamburg.  Germany. 


20th  St.  Sixth  Ave.  21st  St.  22d  St. 

O'NEILL-ADAMS  COMPANY.  Sixth  Avenue.  20th  to  22A  Streets;  two  great  department   stores   occupying   two    block-fronts   on    New    York's    greatest  shopping 
thoroughfare,  combined  in  1907  to  form  one  of  America's  greatest  retail  establishments.    Two  of  many  affiliated  stores  which  buy  more  china  and  cut-glass  than  is 
brought  into  the  United  States  by  any  five  importers;  and  other  things  in  proportion.    This  represents  the  largest  retail  buying  power  in  the  world. 


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LORD  &  TAYLOR,  wholesale  and  retail  dry  goods  merchants,  Broadway  and  Fifth  Avenue.  19th  to  20th  Sts.  ;  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  substantial  business  houses  in 
America.    Established  1826  by  Samuel  Lord  and  George  W.  Taylor;  incorporated  1904.    Original  establishment  as  shown  in  upper  right-hand  corner  was  in  Catherine 
Street  :  principal  store,  previous  to  1870.  was  at  the  corner  of  Broadway  and  Grand  Street,  when  the  house  removed  to  its  present  building  covering  almost  an 
entire  block.    The  firm  name  has  never  been  changed.    Edward  P.  Hatch,  now  president  of  the  firm,  was  admitted  to  partnership  in  1879. 


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MADISON"  COTTAGE  (Corporal  Thompson's  Inn"),  original  site  of  famous  Fifth 
Avenue  Hotel,  and  to-day  on  the  site  stands  the  imposing  Fifth  Avenue  Build-  . 
ing.     (See  opposite  page.) 


VIEW  OF  THE  FAMOUS  OLD  FIFTH  AVENUE  HOTEL.    Had  a  world-wide 
reputation.    Scene  of  numerous  political  and  other  important  gatherings.  Was 
on  site  of  the  new  Fifth  Avenue  Building.    (See  opposite  page.  I 


FRANCONI'S  HIPPODROME,  185.5.  Broadway  and  23d  Street.    Covered  an  area 

of  two  acres  of  ground. 


VIEW   OF  THE  WIDELY   KNOWN   HOFFMAN   HOUSE  in  the  more  recent 
past.    The  additions  recently  made  and  the  remodeling  of  this  hotel  have  put 
it  in  the  ranks  of  the  first  as  well  as  the  largest  hotels  of  the  metropolis. 


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23d  St.  Broadway,  Albemarle,  Hoffman  House,  Townsend  Bldg.,  St.  James  Bldg. 

FIFTH  AVENUE  BUILDING,  Fifth  Avenue  and  Broadway,  23d  to  24th  Streets;  fourteen-story  office  building  on  site  of  Corporal  Thompson's  Inn  (1830),  Franconi's 
Hippodrome  (1853)  and  Fifth  Avenue  Hotel  (1855-1008);  fronting  on  three  streets,  wilh  interior  court  60  feet  square,  with  4,216  large  windows,  making  one  of  the 
best  lighted  buildings  in  the  city  ;  90  miles  of  electric  wiring  :  nineteen  electric  elevators  making  the  round  trip  in  thirty-eight  seconds  ;  filtered  ice  water  supplied 

by  pipes  to  each  office;  assessed  at  $5,750,000.    Fifth  Avenue  Building  Co. 


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COLUMBIA  COLLEGE,  between  Madison  and  Fourth  Aves.,  and  49th 
to  50th  Sts.  (second  site).    Above  buildings,  erected  1857,  covered 
twenty  acres  granted  by  Legislature. 


OLD  CHURCH  which  stood  on  the  N.E.  corner  Broadway  and  34th  St. 
as  late  as  1902,  when  it  was  demolished.   The  magnificent  Marbridge 
office  building  now  occupies  the  site.  (See  opp.  page.) 


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35th  St.  Broadway  34th  St. 

MARBRIDGE  BUILDING,  Broadway,  34th  to  35th  Sts.  ;  modern  store  and  office  building  in  the  new  retail  shopping  center,  admirably  located  at  the  intersection  of 
Broadway  with  34th  Street,  on  line  of  "L"  and  Hudson  and  Manhattan  underground  railway  from  New  Jersey,  which  is  being  extended  to  Grand  Central  Station, 
close  to  the  new  Penn.  Railroad  terminal  and  the  great  hotels;  steel-frame,  fire-proof  structure  erected  1908,  with  latest  improvements.    W.  R.  H.  Martin,  Owner. 


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OLD  VARIAN  HOMESTEAD,  1787,  on  15  acre  farm  about  26th  and 
27th   Streets  and  Broadway.     Property  was  bought  in   1787  for 
about  $6,500.     Shows  the  surrounding  of  upper  Broadway  at 
that  period.    Site  of  Townsend  Building.    (See  opp.  page.) 


CROTON  RESERVOIR,  Fifth  Avenue,  between  40th  and  42d  Streets, 
receiving  supply  from  Croton  River,  40  miles  from  the  City  Hall, 
through  Croton  Aqueduct;  capacity  21,000,000  gallons.  Water 
was  let  into  reservoir  July  4,  1842;  115  feet  above  tidewater. 


TOWN  SEND  BUILDING,  Broadway  cor.  of  25th  Street.  12-story  modern  office 
building,  one  of  the  first  large  buildings  of  its  kind,  marking  the  business 
development  of  this  section  of  Broadway,  for  years  a  retail  business 
and  hotel  district ;  was  the  predecessor  of  a  dozen  large  office 
.  buildings  since  erected  in  this  neighborhood. 


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KNOX  BUILDING,  Fifth  Avenue  and  40th  Street;  $1,000,000  home  of  world- 
famous  hat  firm;  founded  1838  at  no  Fulton  Street  by  Charles  Knox; 
enormous   factories   in   Grand  Avenue,    Brooklyn  ;    store   in  Singer 
Building ;  capital,  $2,000,000.     Edward  M.  Knox,  president. 


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METROPOLE  HOTEL,  Broadway,  Seventh  Avenue  and 
4-'d  Street.    Was  a  famous  and  popular  rendezvous  of 
the  sporting  men  of  New  York.     Stood  on  the 
site  of  the  beautiful  and  unique  "Heidelberg" 
building,  now  in  course  of  construction  by 
the  widely  known  firm  of  Greenwood 
&  Co.  of  St.  Louis. 


BRUNSWICK  HOTEL,  Fifth  Avenue,  27th  to  28th  Streets.    A  widely  known  hotel 
of  the  recent  past.     Was  on  site  of  present  Brunswick  Building. 


HEIDELBERG  BUILDING,  42c!  Street,  Broadway  to  Seventh  Avenue,  six- 
story  office  building,  surmounted  by  advertising  tower,  30x30  feet  and  250 
feet  high,  to  be  brilliant  by  night  with  electric  signs  ;  ultimately  to  be 
thirty   stories   high.     Greenwood   &   Co.,    Mgrs.     Being  built  by 
C.  L.  Gray  Construction  Co.,  General  Contractors. 


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HOTEL  BELMONT,  PARK  AVENUE  AND  EAST  42d  Street;  tallest  hotel 
in  world,  292  feet  high  :  built  over  subway,  with  entrance  to  station  through 
basement ;  opposite  Grand  Central  Station ;  250,000  square  feet  floor 
area;  assessed  at  $3,875,000.    B.  L.  M.  Bates.  Manager. 


5J—  PALMER'S  VIKWS 


GOVERNOR  PETRUS  STUYVESANT'S  MANSION.  "Bowerie."  on 
road  to  Harlem  (between  2nd  and  3rd  Aves.,  and  10th  and  nth  Sts.) 
The  Governor  was  com-in-chief  of  New  Amsterdam,  last  of  the 
Dutch  Government.    Destroyed  by  fire  1 777- 


ST.  LUKE'S  HOSPITAL,  Fifth  Avenue  and  ^l'fty-fourth 
St.  i  facing  south),  occupied  32  city  lots;  corner-stone 
laid  May,  1854;  opened  for  reception  of  patients 
May  13,  1858;  one  of  noted  institutions  of  its 
day ;    site   oi  present    University  Club. 


(THE)  ROGERS  MORRIS  MANSION  (Jumel  Mansion),  corner  161st 
Street  and  St.  Nicholas  Avenue.    Later  the  home  of  Madame  Jumel 
who  married  Aaron  Burr.    Was  Washington's  headquarters  while 
General   Howe  occupied  Apthorpy  residence. 


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RESIDENCE  OF  ALEXANDER  HAMILTON.  "The  Grange,"  Convent  Avenue,  be- 
tween i42d  and  143d  Sts.,  Kingsbridge  Rd.    A  consummate  statesman  of  rare  tal- 
ent and  unblemished  integrity;  killed  in  a  duel  by  Aaron  Burr,  July  11,  1803. 


STUDEBAKER  BUILDING.  48th  St.  and  -th  Ave.:  ten-story  metropolitan 
headquarters  of  Studebaker  Bros.  Mfg.  Co.  of  South   Bend.   Ind. :  the 
largest  automobile,  carriage  and  wagon  builders  in  the  world,  and  the 
pioneers  in  the  manufacture  of  electric  trucks. 


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110th  St.  Cathedral  Parkway 

HENDRIK  HUDSON   ANNEX  APARTMENTS.   Broadway  cor.    noth  St. 
Modern  fire-proof  structure  overlooking  Riverside  Park  and  the  Hudson 
River;  one  of  the  largest  and  most  perfectly  appointed  apartment 
houses   in   the   world,   with   every   convenience.    American  Real 
Estate  Company,  owners. 


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BROOKLYN'    in    1816.     The   pump    stood    in    front    of    what    is    now    the    Union-Argus  Building.     James  Street  is  in  the  middle,  now  the  Anchorage  of  the 
Brooklyn  Bridge.  The  house  on  extreme  right,  "Smith's  Livery  Stable,"  is  on  Fulton  Street,  and  the  present  site  of  the  "Brooklyn  Daily  Eagle."    Corner  opposite 
having  a  ladder  against  the  house,  was  the  Post  Office.    Brick  house  on  left  was  residence  of  Augustus  Graham,  founder  of  the  Brooklyn  Institute.     On  the 
south  side  of  Front,  beginning  at  Main  Street,  are  the  residences  of  Jacob  Hicks,  Robert  Bache,  Robert  Nichols,  Charles  Hewlett,  corner  of  James  Street, 

the  Carpenter  Shop  of  Benj.  Meeker:  opposite  is  the  Barn  of  Abel  Titus. 


Old  view  of  Bedford  Corners  during  the  War  for  Independence  when  Brooklyn  was  View  of  the  city  of  Brooklyn  in  1840,  showing  the  remarkable  strides  made  in  build- 

the  scene  of  much  military  activity.  ing  since  the  organization  of  the  village  in  1816. 


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Clinton  St.  Hamilton  CiUb  Franklin  Trust  BlUg.  Mpntague  St. 

FRANKLIN  TRUST  COMPANY.  Montague  and  Clinton  Streets,  Brooklyn; 
organized  1888;  capital.  $1,500,000:  surplus.  $1,500,000;  deposits.  $12,900,000; 
resources.  $16,000,000:  branch  at  140  Broadwav.  Manhattan:  storage  an*?, 
safe  deposit  vaults.    Arthur  King  Wood.  President. 


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Erected  1905  ^  Mowbray  &  UfRnger,  Archts.  Montague  St. 

PEOPLES  TRUST  COMPANY.  181-183  Montague  Street.  Brooklyn:  chartered 
i88g;  capital.  $1,000,000;  surplus.  $1,600,000:  deposits.  $18,000,000;  largest 
trust  company  in  the  bnrmvrh  ;  branches,  Bedford  Avenue  and  Halsey 
Street  and  Clinton  and  Myrtle  Avenues.  Charles  A.  Boody,  President. 


6 — PALMER'S  VIEWS 


BROOKLYN*  FRRRY  HOUSE,  foot  of  Fulton  Street,  1746.    A  two-story  house  with 
stables  and  outhouses  attached.    Burned  by  the  Sepoys  of  Long  Island,  1748. 


LONG  ISLAND   CLUBHOUSE  in   1868.  the  above  building  was  located  on  the 
present  site  of  the  widely-known  Hamilton  Club. 


OLD  DUTCH  CHURCH,  Fulton  Avenue  near  Lawrence  Street.    Built  in  1766,  it 
was  the  second  edifice  that  was  erected  on  this  site.  (From  a  very  old  print.  I 


THE  EAST  RIVER  ICE  BRIDGE  of  January  3,  1867.    Hundreds  of  people  crossed 
the  river  on  the  ice  on  this  day.  which  was  a  memorable  one. 


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Flecl  Street 

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^tliVrfJ!  BANtK  °fF,BRO°v.KIiYN«  DeKaIb  AvenUC  a"d  Fket  Street;  f°Unded  l8*9:  taoved  "08  from  Court  and  Remsen  Streets  to  stately 
at  transportation  center  of  borough  of  1.600.000  people;  $36,000,000  deposits,  in  76,000  accounts,  handled  at  an  annual  cost  of  less  than  $90000 
$3,000,000;  one  of  the   strongest  institutions   of   its   kind.       J.  Lawrence   Marcellus,  President;   Russell  S.   Walker.  Treas.  ;   Frederick  W. 


Fulton  Street 
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58— PALMER'S  VIEWS 


OLD  MECHANICS'  BANK  BUILDING,  as  it  appeared  in  the  year  1840;  occupied 
by  Bank  1852-1904.    For  present  building  now  on  site  see  opposite  page. 


BROOKLYN'  HEIGHTS  in  1840,  showing  Colonnade  Row,  Columbia  and  Middagh 
Streets.    The  Colonnade  \. as  destroyed  by  fire  in  1853. 


HAMILTON  BUILDING.  1874,  corner  Court  and  Joralemon  Streets,  stood  on  site 
of  present  "Temple  Bar"  ;  was  the  old  home  of  the  Long  Island  Loan  and  Trust 
Company,  as  is  the  present  Temple   Bar   Building.    (See  opposite  page.' 


PIERRLPONT  MANSION.    "The  Four  Chimneys"  stood  near  Montague  St.  and 
Clinton  PI     Cen'l  Washington  had  headquarters  here  during  Battle  of  Brooklyn. 


Court  St.  Montarue  St  Mechanics'  Bank  Bldg.  Fulton  St. 

MECHANICS'  BANK,  Montague  and  Court  Streets,  facing  Borough  Hall, 
Brooklyn;  founded  1852:  largest  state  hank  in  the  borough,  five  branches; 
capital.  $1,000,000;  surplus.  $950,000;  deposits,  $14000000:  resources. 
$20,000,000.      George    \V.    Chauncey.  President. 


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LONG  ISLAND  LOAN  AND  TRUST  COMPANY,  Temple  Bar,  Court  a 
Joralemon  Streets,  Brooklyn;  incorporated  1883:  capital.  $1,000,000;  sur- 
plus, $2,105,000;  deposits,  $9. 400, ceo  ;  resources.  $12,614,000.  Edward 
Merritt,   President.      Temple  Bar.  erected    1901  ;   twelve  stories. 


60 — PALMER'S  VIKWS 


View  of  the  BROOKLYN  CITY  HALL  in  1851,  from  the  site  of  the  Mechanics'  Bank  Building.    Original  presented 
to  the  bank  by  Mr.  Guy  Du  Val,  February  26,  1906.    Back  of  the  City  Hall  Stood  the  First  Reformed  Church. 
(Courtesy  of  Mr.  Chancey.  President  Mechanics'  National  Bank.) 


OLD  MANSION  HOUSE,  between  Clark  and  Pierrepont  Streets,  Brooklyn,  Long  SCHERMERHORN  HOUSE,  built  1690,  oldest  house  in  Brooklyn  still  standing.  3 

Island,  a  well  known  hostelry.     (From  an  old  print.)  Avenue   and   28th   Street,   on   site   of  first   house   built   in    Brooklyn   in  1636. 


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BROOKLYN  SWINGS  BANK,  Pierrepont  and  Clinton  Streets;  oldest  and  largest  savings  bank  in  old  Brooklyn;  founded  1827;  moved  1893  from  old  brownstone 
building  at  Fuhon  and  Concord  Streets  to  new  granite  banking  house;  66,600  depositors;   deposits,  $45,000,000;   surplus    $4,690,000;   daily  ^/^/Sin^ 
$,00  000;  cost  of  management,  two-tenths  of  one  per  cent  of  the  deposits.    With  its  fine  bronze  and  carved  granite  embdhshments  and  ule  roof  the  bu.ldmg  is 
one  of  the  show  places  of  Brooklyn.    Bryan  H.  Smith,  President;  Felix  E.  Flandreau,  Cashier;  E.  P.  Maynard,  Compt. 


62— PALMER'S  VIEWS 


THF.  MIDDAGH  HOUSE  AND  BARN,  corner  Henry  and  Fulton  Streets,  Brooklyn, 
was  occupied  by  St.  Ann's  Church  in  1784.    From  a  very  old  print. 


LEFFERT  LEFFERTS  HOMESTEAD,   1759-1877.  Fulton  Street,  corner  Bedford 
Avenue,   Brooklyn.    Original  drawing  in  possession  of  H.  A.  Ogden. 


DE  HART  BERGEN  HOUSE  in  1863,  Third  Avenue  near  38th  Street.    (De  La 
Plaine  House  to  right.)    Labadist  travelers  entertained  here  1679.  Thirty-ninth 
Street  Ferry  now  on  site. 


MONTAGUE  STREET  HILL,  BrooKlyn.  beiore  me  neights  were  built  and  became 
the  aristocratic  center.     From  an  old  print. 


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FREDERICK  LOESER  &  CO.'S  DEPARTMENT  STORE,  Fulton  Street  and  De  Kalb  Avenue,  enormous  retail  dry  goods  store,  founded  at  Fulton  and  Tillary  Streets 
in  1869  ;  on  present  site  since  1887  :  twelve  times  enlarged  to  meet  the  demand  of  constantly  increasing  business,  until  the  salesrooms  occupy  five  floors  of  buildings 
covering  two  city  blocks,  in  the  shopping  center  of  Brooklyn,  while  the  firm  has  huge  warehouses  and  distributing  stations  in  various  sections  of  Brooklyn  and 

Queens.    Prices  of  goods  guaranteed  as  well  as  quality.    Brooklyn's  leading  store. 


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BROOKLYN  DAILY  EAGLE,  Washington  and  Johnson  Streets;  founded  1841;  EAGLE  WAREHOUSE  AND  STORAGE  CO.,  28-44  Fulton  Street,  Brooklyn;  huge 

new  building  completed  1904;  one  of  the  most  perfect  newspaper  plants  in  the  fireproof  structure  for  storage  of  furniture:  model  establishment.    Upper  view 

world:  all  machinery  operated  by  electricity.  Upper  view  shows  old  Brooklyn  shows  Fulton  Street  in   1821.    Former  site  of  Brooklyn  Daily  Eagle  and 

Theater,  destroyed  by  fire,  1876.    Brooklyn  Daily  Eagle  now  on  this  site.  present  site  of  Eagle  Warehouse  and  Storage  Co. 


N.  W.  HARRIS  &  CO 

BANKERS 

Pine  Street,         NEW  YORK 

35  Federal  Street,  BOSTON 


Receive  deposits  subject  to  check  and 
allow  interest  on  balances.  Act  as 
fiscal  agents  for  municipalities  and  cor- 
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able in  all  parts  of  the  world  and  deal  in 

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